Published: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 3:27 p.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 3:27 p.m.

What started out as a ride to the store and help with her groceries turned into a robbery after an Oak Hill woman's helper snatched her purse and fled, deputies say.

Deborah Pohl, 57, asked her friend, Bill McGinnis, if he could give her a ride to the local food bank on Tuesday, according to a Volusia County sheriff's report. McGinnis asked his friend John White, 40, if he and his wife, Kimberly White, 48, could give Pohl a ride.

Pohl said the couple picked her up, drove her to the store and then drove to her home on Flamingo Road in Oak Hill, according to the report. John White offered to carry her groceries to the door, but while Pohl was trying to unlock the door, White grabbed her purse and fled.

McGinnis, 31, who was in the car with the couple, said he didn't know White was going to rob Pohl and throw her purse out of the car window after taking $20 out of it, according to the report. Pohl and McGinnis both identified White in separate photo lineups.

White is being held in the Volusia County Branch Jail on $10,000 bail, court records show.

<p>What started out as a ride to the store and help with her groceries turned into a robbery after an Oak Hill woman's helper snatched her purse and fled, deputies say.</p><p>Deborah Pohl, 57, asked her friend, Bill McGinnis, if he could give her a ride to the local food bank on Tuesday, according to a Volusia County sheriff's report. McGinnis asked his friend John White, 40, if he and his wife, Kimberly White, 48, could give Pohl a ride.</p><p>Pohl said the couple picked her up, drove her to the store and then drove to her home on Flamingo Road in Oak Hill, according to the report. John White offered to carry her groceries to the door, but while Pohl was trying to unlock the door, White grabbed her purse and fled.</p><p>McGinnis, 31, who was in the car with the couple, said he didn't know White was going to rob Pohl and throw her purse out of the car window after taking $20 out of it, according to the report. Pohl and McGinnis both identified White in separate photo lineups.</p><p>White is being held in the Volusia County Branch Jail on $10,000 bail, court records show.</p>